Review: MSI KT6 DELTA-FIS2R KT600

Processors

• Supports all Socket 462 CPUs
• Barton support, naturally

Chipset

• North bridge: VIA Apollo KT600
• South bridge: VIA VT8237

System Memory

• 3 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM
• DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR333/ DDR400 (3 banks) support @ 2.50v - 2.60v
• 3GB maximum system RAM 

Slots

• AGP slot, 8x AGP3.0 compliant
• 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots

On-board peripherals - I/O

• 2 Serial ports
• 1 Parallel port
• 3 Audio Jacks for CMI9739A CODEC
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Ports (BROADCOM 5788 Gigabit)
• 6 USB 2.0 connectors on the back panel 
• PS/2 ports

On-board storage

• An IDE controller on the VT8237 provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66/33 operation modes
• Serial ATA/150 controller integrated into VT8237 provides support for up to 2 SATA drives with RAID0 or RAID1 formats
• IDE RAID via Promise PDC20378 RAID controller. Supports RAID0, RAID1 (for both PATA and SATA), RAID 0+1 for PATA + SATA

Integrated Components

• BROADCOM 5788 single-chip Gigabit Ethernet
• CMedia CM9739A 5.1 sound CODEC. AC97 v2.2 spec. 
• Headers for another 2 USB2.0 ports and 3 FireWire ports
• 2 usable fan headers
• Diagnostic LEDs
• IrDA, CD-In, Aux-In connectors

BIOS & Voltages

• MSI AMIBIOS v3.31a 
• 8.5x - 15x multipliers
• FSB speeds of 100Mhz - 280Mhz
• 1.35v - 2.3v Vcore. Voltage in 0.025v increments
• 2.5v - 3.3v Vmem adjustable in 0.05v increments
• 1.5v - 2.1v VAGP adjustment
• 2.5 - 2.8v V-Link voltage adjustment

Package contents

• MSI KT6 DELTA-FIS2R KT600 motherboard (305mm * 235mm)
• I/O Shield
• 2 manuals 
• Floppy containing IDE RAID and SATA pre-OS drivers
• Rounded ATA133 cable 
• Rounded floppy cable 
• 2-port FireWire bracket
• Driver and utility CDs 
• 2 S-ATA cables (no power cables)
• MSI sticker

Not quite as all-encompassing as some of MSI's recent bundles, but decent nonetheless.